Can-nozzle.



H. W. POMEROY.

CAN NOZZLE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. s, 1915.

Patented Dec. 5, 1916.

HENRY W. POIVIEROY, OF NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CAN-NOZZLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 5, 1916.

Application filed February 8, 1915. Serial No. 6,870.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY W. POMEROY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Northampton, in the county of Hampshire, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Can- Nozzles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in nozzles and particularly to nozzles for oil or other liquid containing cans. I

The principal object of the invention s to provide a simple and novel device of th s character which can be applied to the ord1- nary oil can and which will not project from the can normally.

Another object is to provide a nozzle which is carried by the screw closure cap of the can and which can be quickly and easily brought into position for discharging the contents of the can by unscrewing the closure cap.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing: Figure l is an elevation of my device in normal position within the can, the can being broken away, Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the nozzle in elevated operative position, Fig. 3 is avertical section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, andFig. 4: is a vertical section on the line 44: of Fig. 2.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents the upper portion of an oil can having a discharge opening over which is secured the screw collet 12. This collet has the recessed flange 13 in which is seated a washer 14. The threads of the collet are pressed so that there are formed threads inwardly as well as outwardly of the collet. Secured to the under side of the collet and depending into the can is a cage 15 formed of a plurality of parallel wires directed inwardly at their lower ends and connected together. Slidably disposed through the washer of the collet is a tube 16 which forms the nozzle of the device. The lower end of the tube has a cap-like structure 17 formed with eX- terior threads 18. The other end of the tube is provided with threads 19 which are adapted to be engaged in a threaded flange 20 formed in the screw cap 21 of the oil can, this cap being adapted to engage the external threads of the collet. All of the threads are right-hand threads, as clearly seen.

In the normal position of the nozzle the tube is disposed within the cage, with its upper end screwed into the flange of the cap and the cap screwed to the collet. To move the nozzle into operative position the cap is unscrewed to the left until it is released from the collet after which the tube is slipped through the collet and within the tube and cap turned to the left to engage the lower threads of the tube with the threads of the collet. When these threads are tightly engaged the tube will stop rotating so that the cap can be unscrewed from the outer end of the tube, leaving the top firmly held in the collet and its outer end opened so that the can can be tipped and the oil readily poured from the nozzle. From the foregoing construction it will be seen that by reason of the detachable connection of the cap with the upper end of the tube the cap possesses the function of moving the tube upward as the user moves ,the cap upward. To return the nozzle to normal position, the cap is screwed on to the outer end thereof until it is tight, when the tube will begin to unscrew from within the collet after which the tube is pushed into the can and the ca screwed on to the collet. In this latter position, the can has the appearance of the ordinary can with the screw cap, but with the decided advantage that'a discharge tube or nozzle can be quickly and easily brought into position to facilitate the discharge of oil from the can.

Particular attention is called to the fact that continuous rotation to the left of all of the movable parts accomplishes the positioning of the nozzle in operative position and the removal of the cap both from the collet of the can and from the nozzle. Continuous rotation of the movable parts to the right, restores all of the parts to normal position. It will be noted that the washer 14 will act on the outer surface of the tube 16 to wipe oif the oil clinging thereto when said tube is withdrawn from within the can.

What is claimed is 1. The combination with an oil can, of a collet carried by the can and formed with interior and exterior threads, a cap engaged on the exterior threads of the 'collet, a nozzle tube slidable through the collet, a

\ threaded socket formed V interiorly of the of the tube with the collet and disengage the cap from the outer end of the tube.

2. The combination with an oil can; of a collet carried by the canand formed with interior and exterior threads, a cap engaged on the collet, a combined washer-and wiper fixedavithin the eoll'et, a nozzle tube slidable through the collet and having the washer and wiper bearing against the exterior thereof, a threaded socket formed llltflllOlly of and spaced from the walls of the cap, the

outer end of the nozzle tube being provided with threads for engagement in the said socket, and an exteriorly threaded flange on the inner end oftlie nozzle tube adapted for engagement with the interior threads of the collet.

In testimony whereof I affix'my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY V. PQMEROY.

Witnesses WM. H. FEIKER, VILLIAM E. SHANNON.

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' Washington, D. C. 

